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Modul: English Science Fiction Short Stories (esfss) Schule: FHNW

Modul: English Science Fiction Short Stories (esfss) Schule: FHNW


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Sprache English
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duty / dutiful / dutifully

something one is expected or required to do

obedience / disobedience / obedient / obediently / to obey

to comply with or follow a command / wish / requirement

to wind (around) / to unwind / unwound

explain three methods you can use to keep ribbon from coming unwound.

taut / tautly

tightly drawn / tense / not slack

dexterity / dexterous / dexterously

skill in using the hands or body

ambidextrous

able to use your right hand and left had with equal skill

to pass for

to be accepted wrongly as something/someone else

to deceive / deception / deceptive / deceptively

to mislead by a false appearance or statement

perfunctory / perfunctorily

in a superficial, careless manner

assortment

a collection of various kinds of things / a mixed collection

capable (of) / incapable / capability

having the ability or capacity for

masking effect

the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

the vast majority

of very great size or amount

irrefutable logic

which is impossible to deny or disprove

chuckled malignantly

to laugh quietly or to oneself while wishing evil to others

preposterous

contrary to nature, reason, or sense; absurd; ridiculous

elaborate

very detailed and complicated; with a lot of sestra details which make something special

accumulation

an increase by natural growth or addition

mercilessly

without pity; cruel

impasse

a situation in which progress is blocked; an insurmountable difficulty

a custom-made basis

made according to the specifications of an individual

to wind up

to arrive in a place or situation after or because of a course of action

filthy

very dirty / very offensive: filthy language, a filthy look

conceal

to hide; to cover something so that it is hidden; to prevent someone from seeing or knowing something;

in a pinch (US) / at a pinch (UK)

if it becomes necessary and you have no choice

to saturate / saturation / saturated

to fill something completely; the situation in which something is so full that nothing more can be added.

pedestrian pedestrian

someone who is walking / used by people who are walking

sardonic / sardonically

a mean kind of humour ; showing a lack of respect

to escape / escape / escapable / inescapable

to get away from a place where you are in danger or trapped

inherent

basic or essential quality that gives something its character

to contain

to have within

container

an object used for or capable of holding, esp for transport or storage, such as a carton, box, etc.

to destroy / destruction

To break apart the structure of, render physically unusable, or cause tocease to exist as a distinguishable physical entity;

destructive

causing or wreaking destruction; Designed or tending to disprove or discredit

imminent

likely or certain to happen very soon

a shortage of / to be short of

a lack of something

to intersperse / interspersed

to put something in various places in or among something else

barely

almost does not happen or exist

to perceive / perception / perceptible

to notice or realize something

consciousness / conscious / unconscious

awake and able to see, hear,think